Documents / FOIA release
This is part of Volume II of the CIA History Staff's official history of the Bay of Pigs operation, covering participation in the conduct of foreign policy, dated October 1979 and approved for release in 2011. The appendixes reproduce CIA and State Department cables on the November 1960 Guatemalan army revolt, including Guatemalan requests for arms, ammunition and air surveillance, memorandums on Special Forces trainers, and part of a 1971 oral history interview with Ambassador John J. Muccio. It contains no UFO material.
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DATE: NOV 16 Q243Z 60 TO DIRECTOR FROM: GUATEMALA CITY COpy OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE IN 43052 CITE: GUAT 545 OPIM DIR INFO OPIM MADD OPIM TRAV 1. AT 1500/2300Z! !REPORTED THAT PUERTO BARRIOS AND GULL.1.lli I GUALAN] WERE THE ONLY TWO TOWNS :REMAINING IN THE HAJ.~DS OF REBE,LS. HE ADMITS THAT POCKETS OF RESISTANCE ARE PRESENT BETWEEN THESE TWO TOWNS. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE AIR FORCE IS SUCCESSFULLY INTER- DICTING THE HIGHWAY AND RAILWAY BETWEEN THE TWO TOWNS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. 2. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT I I DEPARTED FOR PERSONAL INSPECTION OF THE ZACAPA AREA IN MIDDLE OF AFTERNOON 15 NOV. SMALL SCALE MOPPING UP EXERCISES STILL GOING ON IN VICINITY ZACAPA. HOWEVER TOWN REPORTED IN HANDS OF GOVT TROOPS. END OF MESSAGE - 219 -
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 89 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.